UK THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 205

Full casting has been announced for director Emily Burns' playful and contemporary take on Shakespeare's comedy, Love's Labour's Lost, which runs in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between 11 April – 18 May.

All new photos have been released ofStevie Doc (Sophie) and Tobias Turley (Sky) in MAMMA MIA! at the Novello Theatre in London.

The story of Live Aid, raising hundreds of millions remains compelling.

The National Theatre has released production photos for Dear Octopus by Dodie Smith (I Capture the Castle), which will open in the Lyttelton theatre on 14 February.

The longstanding favourite is all very slick but, 37 years on, the production is showing its age

All new photos have been released from the West End production of Thomas Ostermeier’s bold reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, originally produced at Schaubühne Berlin.

Appearing as part of their Festival of New Choreography, the Royal Ballet have partnered with the National Ballet of Canada for Dark With Excessive Bright, an extraordinarily intimate experiment which allows audience to experience the art form in a radical way.

An all new video is giving a first look at Jodie Prenger as Rose ahead of a new one-night concert version of Gypsy, at the Opera House, Manchester on Sunday 25th February.

The Almeida Theatre has announced a new season for 2024! Learn more about highlights from the season here!

The internet thetare group StarKid will make their UK debut this year live at The London Palladium!  StarKid, takes the stage for their UK debut on 12 May 2024.

'If the world is the Titanic, we are the people on the sinking ship and Milo Edwards is our entertainment as the ship goes down.

'What (is) a Woman' is a blistering new play by Andrée Bernard premiering at Arcola Theatre from April 23rd to May 4th.

'Brent Would’s Got Wood is a “drag king cabaret romp,” with Would (Francesca Reid) desperately attempting to find love through flirting with and singing to audience members.

All new photos have been released from rehearsal for the major restaging of Macbeth, coming soon to Leeds Playhouse.

Initial cast members have been revealed for the 15th Anniversary concert of the original West End production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s Tony, Olivier and Grammy award-winning musical SPRING AWAKENING.

The producers of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have announced a further booking extension through to 2 March 2025 for the original two-part multi award-winning production at London's Palace Theatre.

All new production photos have been released for Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which opened at the Phoenix Theatre on 14 December 2023 and is currently booking until August 2024.

'Jessica Fostekew: Mettle is a show in which Fostekew talks about her life through observational comedy.

Considering their recent losses, physical theatre giants Spymonkey would have been justified to adapt a Greek tragedy rather than a comedy.

Pixie Lott, Killian Donnelly and Bonnie Langford lead the cast of the 10th Anniversary Concert of Made in Dagenham.

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting the European première of Paul Grellong’s Power of Sail.

Considering the São Paulo Dance Company was founded in 2008, it’s taken them 16 years to perform in the UK! But the wait is over.

Jamie Muscato will be joining Eric McCormack, Rachel Tucker, Oliver Tompsett, and Tori Allen-Martin in the new musical in concert Wild About You, which is making its World Premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

'Henry Moss: Henry Queen of Squats begins with the sounds of an orchestra warming up before the lights dim.

'Written by Katie Sayer and Will Johnston and directed by Phoebe Gibby, Love’s A Beach follows Ben [Iain Ferrier] and Cyrus [James Akka], the winners of a dating reality show, after their time on the screen as they settle into life together as a couple.